Re: nautilus open .mod

[Bjørge Solli <bjorge solli gmail com>]

Robert Moonen wrote:
> Bjørge Solli wrote:
> > System: Fedora 7 x86, Gnome 2.18.3.
> >
> > Please let me know if this Q is more suited for a fedora list.
> >
> > when opening the attached ASCII-file, prod.mod, nautilus complains:
> > ---
> > The filename "prod.mod" indicates that this file is of type "Amiga 
> > SoundTracker audio". The contents of the file indicate that the file 
> > is of type "plain text document". If you open this file, the file 
> > might present a security risk to your system.
> >
> > Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received 
> > the file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to 
> > the correct extension for "plain text document", then open the file 
> > normally. Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific 
> > application for the file.
> > ---
> >
> > Even if I use Properties, Open with, and selects a text editor as 
> > default it still won't open if I double click it.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >   
> Don't open it, save it to disk, execute the mv command, as so:
>
> bjørge machine-name:~$ mv prod.mod prod.txt
>
> or so then open it with your favourite text editor.

that sounds like a strange way to solve it since .mod is the correct 
suffix for this type of ASCII-file. Why can it not open it if it ends in 
.mod when I want it to do that? I do understand what the text says, but 
I know opening this file is not a security risk. This "security measure" 
seems very dumb and I would like to remove it.

Regards
Bjørge